Button-fastener



A. 1. TAYLOR. BUTTON FASTENER.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1919.

1 $39,234:. Y Patented May 4, 1920.

' [five/3Z0) e17. ef @202 UNITED STATES ljgiENT OFFICE.

ALBERT JOSHUA TAYLOR, OF LAMASCO, TEXAS.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

Application filed December To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lamasco, in the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present sole invention is the provision of a button fastener for use in conjunction with buttons such as are worn on uniform coats and overalls, and one that is susceptible of being easily engaged with and disengaged from a button shank, and that is not liable to wear the cloth or present a material projection, and is also not liable to rattle.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure l is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the association of my novel fastener with a button.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of one side of the fastener to show the construction thereof.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the other side of the fastener.

. Fig. 4: is an elevation of one end of the fastener.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The button 1 is provided with an eye or apertured shank 2, and is, of course, not of my invention.

My novel fastener is formed of a single piece of wire, and includes an open frame 3, a loop a that extends from one end of the frame 3 to a point adjacent to the opposite end of the frame, and a tongue 5 that extends from the same end of the frame as the loop, and is arranged in the loop and longitudinally thereof. In the formation of the fastener, the tongue 5 constitutes one terminal of the piece of wire, the other termi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

22, 1919. Serial No. 346,505.

nal of which is utilized to form one side of the loop 4-, and is bent at 6 about the end portion of the frame. At 7 the tongue 5 is bent to form a loop-shaped keeper that is adapted to be sprung into engagement with the wall of the eye of the button so as to prevent casual disengagement of the fastener from the eye, and yet permit of the fastener being readily disconnected from the button eye as when it is desirable to remove the button.

One important feature of my invention resides in the facility with which the fastener may be produced, and this at small cost, and without entailing the employment of expensive machinery. Another important feature resides in the arrangement of the keeper-loop 7 with its mouth away from the loop 4, which is advantageous because the loop 4.- is enabled to prevent the wall. of the eye of the button from distorting the tongue 5, and in that way making it di'fiicult to disengage the fastener from the but ton eye.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent is:

As a new and useful article of manufacture, a button fastener formed of a single piece of wire and comprising an open frame, a loop extending from one end of the frame to a point adjacent to the other end thereof and having one of its sides forming one terminal of the piece of wire and connected to the first-named end of the frame, and a tongue forming the opposite terminal of the piece of wire and secured to the firstnamed end of the frame and resting longitudinally in the loop and having at an intermediate point of its length a keeper loop to receive the wall of a button eye; the mouth of the said keeper loop being disposed away from the loop, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALBERT J USHUA TAYLOR. 

